Governor Hochul heads to Javits
Center to pack Thanksgiving meals
Governor Kathy Hochul was happy to help families in need.
BY DEAN MOSES
Governor Kathy Hochul joined the
National Guard Monday, Nov. 22,
to help pack turkeys, but during
a press conference at the event, reporters
bombarded her with questions on next
year’s election and her affi liation with
former Governor Andrew Cuomo.
The Governor arrived at the Jacob
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Javits Center just after 9 a.m. to oversee
and help pack hundreds of turkeys set to be
distributed to New York families in need.
She found men and women of the military
fi lling the entertainment mecca’s expansive
halls and heaving boxes of refrigerated
poultry into the back of multiple trucks.
Hochul thanked those helping to feed
the hungry before joining the cause herself.
“We have a lot of work to do, my friends.
It is the holiday season and there are a lot
of families who are going to be hurting this
year. They were in trouble; some of them
before the pandemic, but the pandemic
has been particularly brutal for so many
individuals and communities that have not
recovered yet. So we are here to help. We
are here to show them what New York State
love is all about and we are going to get to
work right away because there are families
waiting for this,” Hochul said.
Hochul spent time with the service
members, standing alongside them stuffing
the meals into bags and shaking hands.
Working in tandem, several vehicles were
swiftly jam-packed.
After concluding her packing duties, the
Governor spoke to reporters regarding her
support of vaccinated families gathering for
Thanksgiving and with the frozen foul still
on her fi ngertips, the governor was asked
if she was concerned the public would see
herself and her predecessor as birds of
the same feather. This comes after fresh
reports that the New York State Assembly
Judiciary Committee found that former
Governor Andrew Cuomo was likely to
have committed sexual harassment.
“No, it’s a different administration. I
have not had the time to read the report,
I have been here making sure that we
have turkeys available for families in the
State of New York,” the governor said.
“But I did call for an investigation by the
Assembly.”
Governor Hochul posed with military personnel.
Some 3,200 turkeys were packed away at the Jacob Javits Center for
distribution throughout New York.
2 November 25, 2021 Schneps Media